Walkers Expands Its Leading Presence in Hong Kong

September 11, 2013 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walkers is pleased to announce that Mark Cummings has joined its Hong
Kong office, further strengthening the firm’s position as a leading
Pan-Asian provider of offshore legal services.

Mark Cummings joins the office’s Investment Funds group as Counsel. He
previously worked at Appleby Global and has extensive experience in
advising on the laws of the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin
Islands, with regard to structuring and establishing investment funds,
both private equity and hedge funds. Mark has been practising offshore
since 2007, having spent a couple of years based in the Cayman Islands
before moving to Asia.

“We’re extremely pleased to welcome Mark as we celebrate our tenth
anniversary in Hong Kong,” said Andy Randall, Managing Partner of the
Hong Kong office. “Our continued success in Hong Kong is based on the
deep expertise and substantial experience of our legal talent. Adding a
top-calibre practitioner such as Mark enables us to retain our
competitive advantage in the region."

“We’re seeing an increasing need from clients for in-depth and real-time
legal advice on offshore issues,” said Denise Wong, a partner in the
Global Corporate and Investment Funds Groups of Walkers' Hong Kong.
“Mark, with his particular expertise in hedge funds and private equity,
will be a valuable asset, augmenting the offering from our current team
and demonstrates Walkers' continued commitment to developing its leading
Asian presence.”

Walkers' Hong Kong office, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary on
September 12, 2013, is one of the largest of the offshore law firms in
the Asia-Pacific region and provides a full service offering of
real-time British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands legal advice during
Asian office hours, supported by a global network of international
offices. Walkers was ranked as a “Tier One” firm in the offshore
category of The Legal 500 “Asia Pacific 2013” directory.
Andy Randall noted, "The Walkers expansion in the region, across our
Hong Kong and Singapore offices, is a remarkable growth story and I am
delighted to toast our tenth anniversary in Hong Kong."

The Investment Funds and Corporate team provides advice on mutual and
hedge funds, private equity funds and unit trusts, as well as mergers
and acquisitions, private equity investments, take-privates and public
offerings of shares of offshore companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and New
York Stock Exchange.

Walkers is internationally recognised as one of the leading global
offshore investment funds practitioners. On March 1, 2013, the
readership of Hedgeweek voted Walkers ‘Best Offshore Law Firm’ in its
fourth global Hedgeweek Global Awards. The honour was
based on the results of the publication’s annual survey of nearly 60,000
subscribers, which sought to determine the ‘best in class’ in a range of
categories.

Walkers’ expertise has been validated by numerous awards including
“Offshore Law Firm of the Year” by Alpha Magazine, The Lawyer,
PLC Which Lawyer? and Asian Legal Business. Walkers
has also been honoured as the PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook Leading
Cayman Islands Law Firm, Who's Who Legal Law Firm of the Year:
Cayman Islands and has shared honours for “Offshore Legal Team of
the Year” by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

For more information on Walkers, visit us on the web at www.walkersglobal.com or
contact us by e-mail at info@walkersglobal.com.
To contact Walkers by phone, call our Hong Kong office at +852 2284 4566
or our Cayman Islands office at +1 345-949-0100.